A Ukiah police officer responding to a name about an intruder carrying a spear was capable of elude the aggressive man till a backup officer arrived with a stun gun, an incident report stated.
The confrontation occurred round 6 a.m. Monday at an condominium advanced simply off Ukiah’s fundamental road, stated the account from the police division. A caller had reported that an armed stranger had pressured his manner into an condominium.
When the officer arrived, he noticed exterior the constructing a person whom he knew to have “psychological well being problems” carrying a broomstick that had tied to its finish a knife with a 6½-inch blade. The person “rapidly superior towards the officer,” thrusting the weapon at him, the police account stated.
The officer drew his gun and ordered the person to face nonetheless and drop the spear, however his instructions had been ignored.
The officer retreated behind his patrol automobile and, as the person continued to advance, he backed across the automobile making an attempt to maintain distance between them. The spear-wielding man got here inside 8 toes of him.
A second officer then arrived and shot the threatening man within the again with Taser darts. He was handcuffed and brought into custody.
Police stated the alleged assailant, a 50-year-old Ukiah man, is anticipated to be charged with tried homicide, assault with a lethal weapon on a peace officer and housebreaking.
The condominium’s occupants stated the person had pressured his manner in and started stabbing on the occupants along with his home made spear. They had been capable of power him out and shut the door, however he then tried to come back again in by breaking a window, they stated.
Not one of the occupants was injured. “There seems to be no motive for the assault,” the police report stated.